just spent 2 weeks up in NC riding. got in some excelent riding and luckily waited until the last weekend to go to 26 West (if your not familiar look it up on youtube). I went off a table top with too much speed over shot it and landed upside down with the bike on top of me. Nothing is broken or fractured but it still hurts if i lift anything over 15lbs or so.

Bruised or broken ribs will usually hurt the most when sneezing, breathing deeply and getting from a laying position to vertical. If you are only getting pain from lifting and not from the other things described above, I would bet it is more muscular and not the ribs. I am not a doctor by any means, but I have had these types of injuries in the past. If it is a rib, as long as it is not in danger of puncturing a lung or causing internal problems, they usualy don't do much for them.

Cold like arm and possibly leg warmers or cold like pants and riding jacket? We'll be waiting till around 12:00 before hitting the trails. Rode north Ga a few weeks back in shorts and short sleeve jersey but could have used arm warmers in the shade.

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Cold like arm and possibly leg warmers or cold like pants and riding jacket? We'll be waiting till around 12:00 before hitting the trails. Rode north Ga a few weeks back in shorts and short sleeve jersey but could have used arm warmers in the shade.

the morning i raced it was 32. I wore wool socks, shoe covers, a lycra base layer, a wool shirt, arm warmers, leg warmers and my jacket. So thats for 32 day before I just wore a lycra layer and a jersey on top plus arm warmers no jacket, changed my based layer to wool in the even it got down in the 40's. You judge from that brother.

The pain is most likely from strained intercostal muscles (the muscles between the ribs). Depending on how badly they were injured, pain can be from mild/during movement (light lifting) to intense/constant (can feel like a heart attack). Rest!